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Did you swap the puddle bulbs to LED while it was out?
That's next week as I'm still waiting on an order from iJDMtoy for a bunch of new exterior bulbs. In my defense, I never claimed to be smart. I'll chalk it up to "hey, learned how to take another part of the car apart today". Edit: I've had the door panels off plenty of times before, never taken the mirrors off though. Ez pz. Those 5 screws behind the glass though? They can kiss my butt.
That's next week as I'm still waiting on an order from iJDMtoy for a bunch of new exterior bulbs. In my defense, I never claimed to be smart. I'll chalk it up to "hey, learned how to take another part of the car apart today". Edit: I've had the door panels off plenty of times before, never taken the mirrors off though. Ez pz. Those 5 screws behind the glass though? They can kiss my butt.
im always worried about popping the glass in and out
Popped the driver's door panel off yesterday, I found a stiff spot on its way down. Silicone'd the glass tracks in the door, fresh lithium in the scissor track and half-moon gear, lubbed the center pin in the scissor also. No more binding, nice and smooth. Also no more wind noise from the glass now that it goes tighter into the rubber seals up top.
Still no cranking issues with the cold, but we'll see about that.
"First used ultimate compound," This would polish no?
Although it does have some similar qualities, a compound will not finish up as well. Typically a compound is more agressive and cuts into the surface to remove more paint and clear coat, it does this to level the paint to remove swirls and scratches. But by it's aggresive nature it leaves behind a surface that is not as smooth as possible. A polish is less aggressive and is made to create that mirror like finish that car nuts desire. As an extreme analogy... compound is like coarse sandpaper that removes the extreme rough edges of a surface, while polish is very fine sandpaper that gives that ultra smooth finish. This is why you see a product line will offer both a compond and polish together. Luckily we can find very good compounds today, and combined with different pads, you can increase or decrease the cut level and ultimately the final finish desired.
I live in South FL where we don't pick up too much surface dirt, and I stay away from car washes so the paint does not get heavily marred and stays in pretty good condition, thus I do not have to use compounds. For ease of use, a quality All in One is my product of choice, it removes chemical contaminats and light swirls while polishing and protecting at the same time. But every car has a different level of need, luckily I think I found the sweet spot for mine. Cheers!
Edit: while I was writing my dissertation above, you guys responded as well... and I also agree with you. Light colors hides light swirls very well, and the polishing compound might be all you need,
My paint has a lot of swirls and light scratches. It's my daily driver and it's hard to keep it factory fresh. As long as we can't see it from the pics, I'm good!
10-07-22, 05:10 PM
I'll chalk it up to "hey, learned how to take another part of the car apart today". Edit: I've had the door panels off plenty of times before, never taken the mirrors off though. Ez pz. Those 5 screws behind the glass though? They can kiss my butt.
